According to the Protenus Breach Barometer report, over 5.5 million records were stolen or exposed as a result of 477 reported healthcare data breaches in 2017.
The overwhelming majority of these breaches, 379, affected healthcare providers, and occurred in 47 U.S. states. Clearly, the frequency of unauthorized access to protected health information (PHI) also known as patient medical records is occurring at an alarming rate and putting healthcare providers and patients nationwide at risk.
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